Boroughwide

Description:
Support for the Model SRO Project, a groundbreaking, nationally recognized initiative to prevent homelessness for two of the most at-risk populations in Brooklyn: ex-offenders returning to the community and formerly homeless seniors.
Grant Amount: $25,000
Neighborhoods Served: Boroughwide
Population Served:
Ages Served: Adults (24-65)
Ages Served: Aging, Elderly, Senior Citizens (65+)

Description:
Operating support that will also be used to challenge the Museum's community to increase its participation in BCM's social media outlets.
Grant Amount: $25,000
Neighborhoods Served: Boroughwide
Population Served:
Ages Served: Infant/Children (0-5)
Ages Served: Children (5-12)
Ages Served: Youth (12-18)

Description:
Supporting Brooklyn College affiliated arts and college prep after school program which operates on campus and in individual public high and middle schools to increase college access via hands-on "Brooklyn College Experience."
Grant Amount: $20,000
Neighborhoods Served: Boroughwide
Population Served:
Ages Served: Youth (12-18)
Ages Served: Young Adults (18-24)

Description:
General operating support for the largest performing arts center serving south and central Brooklyn.
Grant Amount: $10,000
Neighborhoods Served: Boroughwide
Population Served:
Ages Served: All Ages

Description:
Support over 4 years for the renovation of the new Brooklyn Children's Museum; earmarked for the planning and implementation of a revised World Brooklyn Exhibit, one of BCM's core, permanent exhibitions.
Grant Amount: $600,000
Neighborhoods Served: Boroughwide
Population Served:
Ages Served: All Ages

Description:
Founded in 1994, the annual Greenest Block in Brooklyn contest is a boroughwide neighborhood greening and beautification project of GreenBridge, the community horticulture program of Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG).
Grant Amount: $5,000
Neighborhoods Served: Boroughwide
Population Served:
Ages Served: All Ages

Description:
Multi-year capital support for BBG's Centennial Campaign via a challenge grant for Community Horticulture and new Herb Garden construction. Herb Garden will be a demonstration garden and "classroom" for many Community Horticulture programs.
Grant Amount: $1,500,000
Neighborhoods Served: Boroughwide
Population Served:
Ages Served: All Ages

Description:
Support of its 2009-2010 series of 12 free professional development seminars, which will equip Brooklyn artists and arts professionals with the skills needed to sustain their careers and organizations.
Grant Amount: $10,000
Neighborhoods Served: Boroughwide
Population Served:
Ages Served: Young Adults (18-24)
Ages Served: Adults (24-65)
Ages Served: Aging, Elderly, Senior Citizens (65+)

Description:
Multi-year campaign gift to support on-going community engagement, and create an endowment that will provide affordable rehearsal and performance space in perpetuity to Brooklyn's emerging performing arts organizations.
Grant Amount: $2,000,000
Neighborhoods Served: Boroughwide
Population Served:
Ages Served: All Ages

Description:
Support for BAC's Black Brooklyn Renaissance to celebrate the contributions of Black artists in Brooklyn since 1960 through a yearlong series of public programs at local cultural institutions, a conference, and an archive.
Grant Amount: $15,000
Neighborhoods Served: Boroughwide
Population Served:
Ages Served: All Ages